#Neurodivergence
Sometimes having ADHD be like...
#ADHD #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #neurodiverse #neurodivergence #ADHDmemes #memes #meme
Sharing some info on this Monday
src: https://neurodivergentinsights.com/misdiagnosis-monday/avoidant-personality-disorder-vs-autism
@ReimanSaara It’s the same issue we often face just being recognized by NT. “You can’t be autistic… you can speak and look into my eyes…” There may certainly be commonalities but we are diverse in our #neurodivergence. It makes sense that the way we #stim doesn’t fit into neat preconceived boxes.
Readers with ADHD, you're hereby invited to join a community of like-minded friends! 😊
We have a Facebook group (https://bit.ly/FBADHD) and a Discord server (https://bit.ly/DisADHD)! ✨
#ADHD #reading #readers #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #neurodiverse #neurodivergence #books #facebook #discord #community #bookstodon @adhd @bookstodon
Today, my #ADHD be like:
I can not wait to finish this project!
Also, My ADHD brain:
I've too many tabs open. Four of them are frozen and I have no idea where the music is coming from
Sensory overload is the WORST!
#ADHD #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #neurodiverse #neurodivergence #ADHDmemes #memes #meme
I wonder if its an ADHD thing to have so many thoughts going through your head and blurting them out and annoying people cause not every thought needs to be heard. Maybe I just have ADHD with a side of verbal diarrhea.
#ADHD #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #neurodiverse #neurodivergence #ADHDmemes #memes #meme
#sharks #hammerheads #HammerheadSharks #Neurodivergence
Since I watched this, I‘m in love with hammerhead sharks 🦈 💕
Autistiaktivisti Aida A
"Aidalla on erilaiset aivot. Hän on ryhtynyt aktivistiksi, koska haluaa muutosta siihen, miten autisteja ja neurokirjon ihmisiä kohdellaan ja miten heihin suhtaudutaan. Aida haluaa nähdä maailman, jossa neurovähemmistöön kuuluvien on helpompi olla."
#neurovähemmistöt #autistit #neurodiversiteetti
#yhdenvertaisuus #neuromoninaisuus #LoppuSyrjinnälle #ihmisoikeudet #equality #neurodivergence #HumanRights
https://autismiliitto.fi/materiaalia/autismi-lehti/aida-a-haluaa-muuttaa-maailmaa/
As someone with #ADHD, when someone says "just do it! It's not that hard!" I just roll my eyes. Go get a degree in learning disabilities, then talk to me.
What's some "advice" regarding your disability or personality that are just out of touch?
#ADHD #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #neurodiverse #neurodivergence #ADHDmemes #memes #meme
I'm trying to understand my #neurodivergence just lately. I was saying to D earlier re #autism that I lack the obsessions then I thought hmm, I like rugby so I make a point of getting to Murrayfield come hell or high water and I enjoy knitting so I start a podcast. Maybe I take my interests more seriously than I realised before. I guess we're all frogs in the boiling water of our own lives.
Get yourself ready for #Halloween on #Mastodon this year by using my new icon for #IceCubesApp on #iOS!
It's free to download. Though if you enjoy the app, you should tip @dimillian a few buckaroos for this awesome app! And follow the official account for updates @IceCubesApp
Also includes my new icon based on #neurodiversity!
#ADHD #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #neurodiverse #neurodivergence #fediverse #apple #iphone
From 22 Sep: The Sneakiness Of Embedded Allistic Ableism - Insisting that the subtext you get from a conversation is intentional is not just a bad strategy, it’s also kinda ableist. https://ideatrash.net/2023/09/the-sneakiness-of-embedded-allistic-ableism.html #neurospicy #prejudice #psychology #ableism #allistic #autism #business #neurodivergence
On The Importance Of Teaching Neurodivergence
In my view, it would allow us to handle better the friction that occurs when meshing different communication styles.
As I was writing about the sources of friction between my ex-wife and I, it occurred to me that knowing about neurodivergence would have been extremely useful to us. It is unclear whether it would have saved our marriage. Maybe we would have still divorced. However, it would have been one additional tool we could have used to figure out what was going on between us, before calling it quits.
I myself learned about neurodivergence about one year ago, in September 2022. My wife and I were already in the process of divorcing. The details of how I came across it do not matter to the discussion at hand here. What is important is that prior to my discovery that neurodivergence is a thing, I thought all of our brains worked more or less in the same way. For sure, there were illnesses that some people had, but underneath it all it was all the same.
Bloody idiot!
I’m sure my ex-wife thought the same, and she probably still does. It is hard to reconcile her reaction to those characteristics in my communication style that were due to autism, with any awareness that our brains work differently. I cannot fathom her blaming me for not seeing her glares, if she had known that I am unable to see them. I cannot fathom her responding with annoyance at my own reaction when she interrupted me, if she had known that I have no choice over the fact that I’m unable to multitask.
We did have many disputes over these. Mind you, our disputes were not heated, but there were many. These disputes became more frequent when she retired, and I worked from home. Being in each other’s face all the time did increase the opportunity for miscommunications. At any rate, neither she nor I really understood what was going on. She thought I was deliberate in my reactions. I thought she imagined things. This does not make for a good relationship.
If we had at our disposal the notion that perhaps neurodivergence is to blame for our differences, maybe we would have been able to avoid divorce. I now know that I’m autistic, and that my brain, for better or for worse, is wired differently than hers. I recognize this. In recognizing this, I cannot blame her for imagining things that were in fact very real to her. She really did glare at me. I just wasn’t able to see it. Unfortunately, I don’t think my ex-wife has had the same revelation as I did. In a twist of irony, I realized my own autism shortly after our divorce became final. Bad timing!
At any rate, this goose is cooked. What I worry about more right now is what we can do for future generations in order to nurture harmony among individuals. It seems to me that in order to give them all the tools they might need, we need to teach them that neurodiversity is a thing. The way they process sensory input is not normative of how everyone around them process sensory input. This is true at a fundamental level, in how our brains are structured.
And thus, my wife was not to blame for imagining things, and I was not to blame for ignoring her. Neither of us were to blame. We just did not know what was going on, and were doing our best with the tools at our disposal, which, alas, did not include neurodivergence.
I hope we do better for future generations. We need to teach children that neurodiversity exists and shapes the way we process the world.
I’m willing to put my money where my mouth is. If you want to have me talk to a class of children (or adults, for that matter) to tell them about neurodivergence and my failed marriage, through some remote meeting platform, you know where to find me.
(Original article on substack.)
#ActuallyAutistic #neurodivergence #YourAutisticLife
https://www.yourautisticlife.com/2023/09/21/on-the-importance-of-teaching-neurodivergence/
Okay, is it a #neurodivergence trait to be somehow simultaneously hyperaware of your body and oblivious to it? Asking for me, who will lose my mind and break out in welted hives if I wear jeans with prominent seams, but who also yesterday managed to smear blood on the clean laundry I was putting away because I didn’t notice I’d gashed my finger. As soon as I *saw* the injury I realized it hurt, but till then I was oblivious. #ADHD #AuDHD
If you've enjoyed reading "Kids Across the Spectrums: Growing Up Autistic in the Digital Age" (https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262545365/kids-across-the-spectrums/) please consider reviewing the book on Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/dp/0262545365/) or Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63365610-kids-across-the-spectrums) #autism #neurodivergence #neurodiversity #edtech
Me, way past my bedtime: "I need sleep, I'm exhausted..."
My #ADHD brain: 🎶Chickity China, the Chinese chicken
You have a drumstick and your brain stops tickin'🎶
https://youtu.be/fC_q9KPczAg?si=ALA5OgunrrWjk3h6
#ADHD #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #neurodiverse #neurodivergence #ADHDmemes #memes #meme
Not exclusive to #ADHD but definitely relatable...😬
#ADHD #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #neurodiverse #neurodivergence #ADHDmemes #memes #meme
Coming to terms with my #neurodivergence is making me confront the fact that I have a “piling system” instead of a filing system. (And don’t get me started on my #book cataloguing practice…) #ControlledChaos #ItMakesSenseToMe #GodHelpAnyoneWhoHasToDigThoughThisStuff
Re: #ActuallyAutistic discourse.
There was a period of my life of about 3-4 years where I sat with the increasingly likely idea that I was autistic, but said nothing to anyone, because I didn't want to impinge on peoples' space or internal conversation.
Had I known about the self-diagnosis or description conversations, I might have sought help/diagnosis earlier.
Think about who you're gatekeeping.
Are you a (UK) Neurodivergent library person who likes free food? Please come along!
This event rounds off our ALN project and it's an opportunity to get together in a safe space to think about where we take it next :)
Neurospicy Libraries In Person Meet Up: https://lancaster-uk.libcal.com/event/4094838
Date: Tuesday, November 14, 2023
Time: 10:30am - 3:30pm
Place: Lancaster University Library
Please share!
#neurodivergence #libraries
I don't know why I feel like sharing this (thread).
Here's a bunch of random stuff I think is probably related to my #neurodivergence...
Conversations about autistic masking and unmasking always centre white experiences. Black autistics have a VERY different relationship to masking, with much higher stakes.
White autistics need to remember that.
#antiBlackness #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent #Neurodivergence
It's taken me at least twenty years of my working life to learn that meeting days are not days on which I can do any other kinds of work (especially when meetings are on Zoom). This great insight is going to change my life, just as soon as I can remember it enough to schedule accordingly... (Just out of a fantastic meeting of a new group that's left me buzzing with excitement, but my plans to work on my journal article next are probably not happening!) #Neurodivergence #DisabledInAcademia
On The Importance Of Teaching Neurodivergence
In my view, it would allow us to handle better the friction that occurs when meshing different communication styles.
#YourAutisticLife #ActuallyAutistic #autism #autistic #neurodivergence #education #communication
Do people really think #morality applies differently depending on someone's position or #power?
Is that #neurotypical and thus, because this idea blows my mind, am I #autistic?
If true, this different view of morality would explain much of what I struggle with every single day
Me trying to do anything without my meds...
#ADHD #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #neurodiverse #neurodivergence #ADHDmemes #memes #meme
Remember: a single person cannot be "diverse" on a given trait; diversity inherently involves relationships across multiple people. #Neurodiverse is not the same thing as #Neurodivergent.
Doing errands sucks enough as it is for someone with #ADHD without something like this happening...
#ADHD #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #neurodiverse #neurodivergence #ADHDmemes #memes #meme
Now I'm watching the followup with responses to neurodivergent folks angry about the first video. As usual, I'm of two minds. As someone who has never been diagnosed with anything but is, nevertheless, a bit of a social misfit, I think it would help me to learn some social skills. Also tiring. What about you? Do you think we should all strive to adhere to social "norms"? If you are neurodivergent, is this sort of advice helpful or harmful?
#neurodivergence #weird #normal
https://youtu.be/OULWB7ivpe4?si=zRtfvXQ7FptOeg6b
In the 1950s when my dad was 5, before starting school, he taught himself to multiply double-digit numbers together by counting the holes in both directions on a window screen. He would melt down if different types of food touched each other on his plate. He was brilliant to the point of perpetual academic boredom, and absolutely incapable of staying focused in classroom settings. #Neurodivergence is totally a new phenomenon though.
Heyyyy macarena, ay!
#ADHD #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #neurodiverse #neurodivergence #ADHDmemes #memes #meme
Alternative neurodivergent pride heart emoji, based on a variant autistic pride flag here:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Autistic_Pride_Flag.png
#emoji #emojis #ActuallyAutistic #ADHD #AuDHD #neurodivergent #neurodivergence
Okay, okay, okay.
How do we all feel about this as a neurodivergent pride heart emoji?
I've based it off an autistic pride flag from here:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Autistic_Pride_Flag.png
#emoji #emojis #ActuallyAutistic #ADHD #AuDHD #neurodivergent #neurodivergence
Question:
What are your favorite resources about #neurodivergence? (#ADHD, #ASD, #dyslexia, #OCD, #cPTSD, etc)
(Articles, books, videos, podcasts, tools, posts, accounts to follow, apps, etc.)
Putting together a list of recommendations on my newsletter, and would love to supplement with things the #neurodivergent community here likes
#AskFedi @actuallyautistic #autism #autistic #AuDHD
P.S. On the road so won’t reply to comments till later tonight!
This is me playing #WoWClassic like it's 2004🤣🤣
#ADHD #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #neurodiverse #neurodivergence #ADHDmemes #memes #meme #gaming #videogames
Next up at #A11yTalks “The Human Side of Neurodivergence - A Technologist's Journey” @Creech
Matthew knew from a young age that he was different. Though he didn't know why. It wasn't until he was an adult and really dug into his own daughter's special needs, that he was able to begin a journey of self discovery. We'll talk about his lived experience with Autism, Attention Deficit Disorder, and Dyslexia.
Mark your calendar: Sept 20th, 12PM (ET)
https://a11ytalks.com/posts/2023-SEP/
#a11y #Neurodivergence
It's an endless internal struggle....🤦🏻♂️
#ADHD #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #neurodiverse #neurodivergence #ADHDmemes #memes #meme
Accurate as fuck. :kek:
#ADHD #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #neurodiverse #neurodivergence #ADHDmemes #memes #meme
How my day is going so far 😬 hope yours is better lolz
#adhd #adhdproblems #AuDHD #actuallyautistic #audhdwomen #neurodivergent #neurospicy #adhdlife #ADHDer #neurodivergence #autism #autistic #adhdmemes #memes #adhdaf #AuDHDer #audhdburnout #audhdadult #audhdproblems #audhdandstruggling #neurodiversity #dissociation
Updated #introduction
Hi I'm Essie! I am white, #agender, #NonBinary, #queer, #autistic, and #disabled. I am constantly learning about #neurodivergence, queerness, politics, nature, #abolition, #AntiRacism, #DisabilityJustice, and all of that mixed together.
I live on unceded Noongar country in #WesternAustralia. I am #StillMasking from covid and will be for the foreseeable future.
Follow my pixelfed account @essie.okay for some (mostly) nature photography.
Nobody ever really does😬😅
#ADHD #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #neurodiverse #neurodivergence #ADHDmemes #memes #meme
Nothing to see here I'm just peachy ✌️
#adhd #adhdproblems #AuDHD #actuallyautistic #audhdwomen #neurodivergent #neurospicy #adhdlife #ADHDer #neurodivergence #autism #autistic #adhdmemes #memes #adhdaf #AuDHDer #audhdburnout #audhdadult #audhdproblems #audhdandstruggling #neurodiversity #dissociation
I'd think it was just my brain being a silly goose lolz
#adhd #adhdproblems #AuDHD #actuallyautistic #audhdwomen #neurodivergent #neurospicy #adhdlife #ADHDer #neurodivergence #autism #autistic #adhdmemes #memes #adhdaf #AuDHDer #audhdburnout #audhdadult #audhdproblems #audhdandstruggling #neurodiversity #dissociation
Are there any UK charities that provide support for #neurodivergent families? Our beautiful, brilliant, explosive four year old has just been turned away from their second childcare setting in two months despite making massive strides in self-regulation. I'm stuck without childcare again, and at my wit's end with how I'm meant to be able to earn a living when I don't have time to work.
#ActuallyAutistic #neurodivergence #neurodiversity #autistic #autism #parenting #childcare
I wish I could make my entire online experience like this.
#ADHD #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #neurodiverse #neurodivergence #ADHDer
It's like a broken lightbulb...
#ADHD #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #neurodiverse #neurodivergence #ADHDmemes #memes #meme
The ADHD part of my brain is winning today :FaceExhaling:
#ADHD #AuDHD #ActuallyAutistic #neurodivergent #neurodivergence
I wish this was a thing because my thoughts are loud and really mean to me 😞
#adhd #adhdproblems #AuDHD #actuallyautistic #audhdwomen #neurodivergent #neurospicy #adhdlife #ADHDer #neurodivergence #autism #autistic #adhdmemes #memes #adhdaf #AuDHDer #audhdburnout #audhdadult #audhdproblems #audhdandstruggling #neurodiversity #dissociation
So I need advice from my brain fog/ ADHD/ executive dysfunction babes.
How do you workout and keep track of your reps, or how long you hold a pose in pilates or whatever, while also listening to a podcast? I never do my PT exercises because it's boring and I have ADHD. I can't listen to something and also count my reps AND also count to ten seconds for each rep, I just lose track. But if I can't listen to something to keep me occupied, I NEVER do the exercises. Because it's too boring. What are the tricks to keep yourself on track and also not bored?
#workout #exercise #fitness #disability #disabled #Neurodivergence #Neurodiversity #adhd #physicalTherapy #NEISvoid
My life in a nutshell:
Gets appointment for treatment of ADHD
Doctor writes prescription
No pharmacy has it in stock
Doctor won't write paper script nor try a different stimulant
Gee thanks doc I'll just disappear now
Fuck my life....
#adhd #adhdproblems #AuDHD #actuallyautistic #audhdwomen #neurodivergent #neurospicy #adhdlife #ADHDer #neurodivergence #autism #autistic #adhdmemes #memes #adhdaf #AuDHDer #audhdburnout #audhdadult #audhdproblems #audhdandstruggling #neurodiversity
Some people may not agree with this, but I promise you it's a thing and it's really annoying
#adhd #adhdproblems #AuDHD #actuallyautistic #audhdwomen #neurodivergent #neurospicy #adhdlife #ADHDer #neurodivergence #autism #autistic #adhdmemes #memes #adhdaf #AuDHDer #audhdburnout #audhdadult #audhdproblems #audhdandstruggling #neurodiversity #dissociation
What people don't know, they don't know. Anyone can be #Homeless at any given time. My experiences have made me into the person that I am today.
https://mysticscapes.medium.com/february-2015-ad1c2b7ea34d
#MentalHealth #MentalIllness #MentalHealthAwareness #MentalHealthSupport #MentalHealthMatters #AUDHD #ADHD #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent #Neurodivergence #Neurodiversity #PTSD #CPTSD #DomesticAbuse #DomesticViolence #Twitter #Mastodon #Threads
How to cope with #ADHD & #CPTSD in a neurotypical world when you clearly do not fit in.
Https://mysticscapes.medium.com/adhd-coping-6a13d0e7c027
#ActuallyAutistic #PTSD #MentalHealth #MentalIllness #MentalHealthAwareness #MentalHealthMatters #AUDHD #ADHD #Neurodiversity #Neurodivergent #Neurodivergence #Mastodon #Twitter #Threads
https://mysticscapes.medium.com/the-encounter-d8049e7ec222
Please read for added awareness & insight. Thank you
#MentalHealth #MentalIllness #ActuallyAutistic #AUDHD #ADHD #Neurodivergent #Neurodivergence #Neurodiversity #Mastodon #Twitter #Threads #Tellonym #Medium #Saturday #Caturday
PSA
If you're struggling right now & finding yourself able to do less than your hypothetical best, whatever you can do currently is you giving 100%.
It doesn't matter if you're only achieving 20% or less of your theoretical maximum: that 20% is your new 100%.
So, please be kinder to yourself, okay? :PleadingFace: :MentalHealthFlagHeart: :DisabilityPrideHeart: :NeurodiversitySymbol:
#MentalHealth #disability #neurodivergence #neurodivergent #ADHD #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD
Okay, secondary survey for people who are #neurodivergent but not ASD or ADHD:
What kind of #neurodiverse condition do you have?
PLEASE EXPLAIN IN REPLIES IF YOU SELECT ‘OTHER’. And please boost to expand reach 🙏